Telegram-herald., 1887-09-12

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@here he was ss strained a passage C Strip
EuE<. and ~ sas case. after as left. TIE saofa
h11sslaslsl s2s converted ~ tse reading g
thas pasaEs GA Eae vlnflcS pa1s. TIE
~osnsu ~ clE.asm fsrnisass4 1tEIs fooa
over tas al fer Eilsha and al ths ages
have heard Ehs giorieas eoases1sncss
Ga eeld, sfornay winter uigot
nay father sateftsined TrusnlAn Osborns, ths
ss.ngeist aad tnrouzn al stsrnity / VII
thaak Go1 that ffslsz1sn Osborns stopped a.
cur hoass. How Hlany 0f our g'lss1s have
brought % us cond0lsnoe AMI sympathy and
heipl There = q legend to.d q s. Ssbaid
thai hl as Christian rounds be Used - stop
Tor sTtsiilEnsat at the house u q poor cart
wright Coss.ag there oas day. b found TIE
cartwrighg and his family freezing for the
lack 7f any fuel 81 Seba.d ordered tns man
- 20 cat ard break the iciciss from the side
u the house and bring theia IN, AID the lcIeies
we're brought into the house aHd thrown on
tbs hearth, and thsy began 70 blaze iumedi-
ately, ana ths freeziug family gathered
around aud we're warned by them. Tnat
was . legend. but bcv often have our
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freezing sorrows OF our life, kindiing thsm
into illumination. and warmth, aud good
cheer. lie who OPENS his house to Christian
hospitality. targs those VINO are strangers into
friends Years viii 70 by, and tbers will te
great changes ia yoa, and there viii De great
changes In them. Some day you viii be SIT
ting IN loneliness, watching bereavement,
and you ~iil get letter in strange hand
writing. and you viii look AZ the postofnee
mark. and say. "Why, don't know any
body living In that city, ard you VIII
break ths snvelcpe. and there you viii
read the story Of thanks for your Christian
generosity long years before, and how they
have heard afzr OF Of your trouble. And the
letter via % 30 fall Of kindly "reminiscences
and Chr 4tssn coincidence, it viii be plaster
large enough TO cover up all the deep gashes
Of your soul When we take people into our
houses as Christian guests, We take them into
cur sympathies forever Ia bort, Holland,
= soldier with a sword at his siie stopped at
house, desiring lodging and shelter. The
woman Of the house az first refused ad-
nictanc-, saying that the men Of the
house were not at home; but when
hs slowed bis credentials that he
had been honorably discharged from
the army, hs was admitted and tarried dur
ing the night In the night time there was a
knocking az the front door, and two ruftians
broke IN 20 despoil that household. No sooner
had they come over the door sill than the
armed 8 who lad primed his piece and
charged IL with siuzs met them. and, telling
the woman 70 stand back, / arm happy 10 say,
dropped the two nssaulting desperado-s dead
az his feet. Wen. now thers are no bandits
provling around TO destroy our houses; but
how often II b that We find those that have
been our guests become cur defenders. We
gave them shelter first, and then afterward
in the great conflicts Of life they fought for
our reputation; they fought for our prop
srty; they fought for our soul
Another reward that comes from Christian
hospitality Is in the assurances that We shall
have hospitaiity shown 70 Us and to ours In
/ thsupturnings OF this life, who knows IN what
1 city or what land we may be thrown, and
bow much we may need an open doorf There
NAV come no such crisis GO rs, but our chill
dren may 90 thrown into some such strait. He
who Is In Christian manner hospitable has
| free pass through all Christendom. IL may be
| tina, you will have been dead fifty years be
| fore any such stress shall come upon one Of
/ your descendants; but do you not suppose
that Gcd can remember fifty ysarsi and the
knuckie Of the grandchild viii be heard
against the door OF some stranger, and that
door viii open; and IL viii 10 talked over in
heaven, ard IL viii be said: THAT mans
grandfather, 6fty years ago, gave shelter to
a stranger, and now a strangers door Is open
Tor n grandson
Among the Greeks. after entertaining and
tsing entertained. they take = piece OF lead
ard cut IL in two, and tho host takes one half
of .,he piece Of Lad and the guost takes the
other hzf as they part These two pieces CT
lead are handed down from generation to gen
grafton. aud fron family 20 family; and after
y while perhaps one OF ths families VA want or
in trouble go out with this one piece Of lead
and fnd the other family with tho corre-
sDondin- piece Of lead, nEd no sooner - the
! tally completed than tbs old hospitality Is
aroused and eternal friendship pledged
Mark this: Tue day VIII come when we will
be turned out Of doors, without any e1oep-
| tion-bsrefoot. barsbcad, no water la the
cantesn. no bread in the kaversack, and we
viii 20 10 that way into she future world.
And I wonder II eternal hospitalisies viii
open before rs, and IL We viii be received
| into everlasting hahitatiorsi Francis Fresco-
bali was rich Italian, and he was very n'er-
/ ciful and very hospitsbls. One day an Eng
lishman BY tie name OF Thomas Cromwell
appeared at his door asking for shelter ana
I aims. which were cbssrfully rendered Fres-
cobald after ward lost ell his property, became
very poor and wandered NJ into England
srd cne day be saw a procession passing
and 10, il was the Lord Chancellor of Eng
I land. and To- The Lord Chancellor u England
vas Thomas Cromwell. ths very man whom
f he had once befriendsI down in Italy The
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/ bald, recognized him and dismounted from
!! hrs carriage, threw bis arms around him, and
embraced him, paid bis debts. invited him 20
his house. and said. aHsrs ara ten pieces Of
rnonev 20 Ray for the bread you gave ne.
and hers srs ten pieces of rnousT 70 provide
I FOR the horss voa loaned ne. and here are
four bags. in esck cf which are four
hundred Sucatx Taks them and
Be we'll So it vii be az last With us. II
We entertain Christ n ths person Of bis dis
cipis< in this vorid. when vs pass Nd INTO The
uex- country we will rect Christ in regsI
procession ard hs vii pour az the wealth Il
Heaven into cur lap snd opcn bsfore rs ever
lsstirx hospitaifties Ard q. how tame srs
ths richest entertainments "a csn gi~s sn
earth compared ~ith TIRE rr-sl uunifceucs
which Christ viii display before cur souls in
Heaven wss reading the sccouzs ~hics
Thorsas Fuller gives ~ tie enter
tainuens provided bJ GeorEs Neville
Another ether things. for that hardnet
they had so quarters of wheat. l0s tEns =
Size 50 even. so0o carcns. 30 Graves &C
kills. 4c10 rixecrs. 4.ooc rShbits. 20 biteerns,
f so phsasants. 80 psrsridres. go rlover. foo
qlail. i0.o curle-s. 80 hos rsSries 80 coid
v,nisou psstirs A GO c,,sfsris ths earl ~ wsr-
wick scaax ss steward. ard servitors lao
q What q fsast ~asfkati But then ccmpare is
with tie provision wtich God has made for
us on hich. That rrest banquet hour. tse